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年轻疏散星团NGC 637中的新造父β星

New Beta Cephei stars in the young open cluster NGC 637

G. Handler, S. Meingast

摘要:

研究疏散星团中的恒星脉动提供了进行系综星震学的可能性。合理的假设是星团成员具有相同的年龄、距离和总金属丰度,这有助于地震模拟过程,并严格限制了地震模拟过程,因此识别具有多个地震因子的疏散星团是很重要的。在疏散星团NGC 637的成员中寻找新的仙王座β型脉动星。获得了31小时的时间分辨V滤光片CCD测光。测量结果证实了两个先前已知的变量,并揭示了三个新的Beta Cephei恒星和一个候选者。所有四个振荡器都具有足够高的振幅,便于模式识别,并且是多周期的。NGC 637有四个确定的脉动成员,现在是六个疏散星团中最富有的仙王座β恒星之一。因此,它是集合星震学的一个很好的目标,并解决了在仙王座β域中是什么将脉动星与明显恒定的恒星区分开来的问题。

英文摘要:

Studying stellar pulsations in open clusters offers the possibility to perform ensemble asteroseismology. The reasonable assumption that the cluster members have the same age, distance, and overall metallicity aids in the seismic modelling process and tightly constrains it. Therefore it is important to identify open clusters with many pulsators. New pulsating stars of the Beta Cephei type were searched for among the members of the open cluster NGC 637. Thirty-one hours of time resolved V filter CCD photometry were obtained. The measurements confirmed two previously known variables, and revealed three new Beta Cephei stars plus one more candidate. All four pulsators have amplitudes high enough for easy mode identification and are multiperiodic. With four certain pulsating members, NGC 637 is now among the six open clusters richest in Beta Cephei stars. It is thus an excellent target for ensemble asteroseismology, and to tackle the question what separates pulsating from apparently constant stars in the Beta Cephei domain.

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